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Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.

Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death

Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food

I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan

yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.

the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.

I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.

I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.

I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.

I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.

It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.

Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.

I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.

But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.

This is what we call righteous anger

Me being an asshole or them being an asshole?

Them being an asshole.

You don't smack food out of people's hands unless it will kill them immediately.

But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran

What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan

Right, that's the weird thing. Though I didn't know about eusocial hemipterans, I just knew about blattodea..ds? and hymenopterans. And also Heterocephalids.

(Ok, had to look that last one up.)

Which one is mole rats?

life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies

I hope they announce more stuff for switch (and fix the issues, and release info on the online stuff, and the virtual console, and and and) so I can justify getting one at some point because fuck zelda looks great.

Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.

Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death

Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food

I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan

yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.

the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.

I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.

I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.

I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.

I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.

It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.

Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.

I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.

But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.

This is what we call righteous anger

Me being an asshole or them being an asshole?

Them being an asshole.

You don't smack food out of people's hands unless it will kill them immediately.

Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.

Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death

Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food

I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan

yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.

the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.

I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.

I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.

I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.

I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.

It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.

Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.

I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.

But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.

This is what we call righteous anger

Me being an asshole or them being an asshole?

Them being an asshole.

You don't smack food out of people's hands unless it will kill them immediately.

They're kinda lucky I went into the Army after that happened.

I have... reactions to that kind of space invasion these days.

yeah when I said they'd pay for it or I'd punch them that wasn't like some "macho" bullshit. I get uncomfortable when more than one person is in my cubicle or one person is in it for more than 10 minutes.

I'm on meds for anxiety. I wouldn't be able to handle something like that well.

But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran

What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan

Right, that's the weird thing. Though I didn't know about eusocial hemipterans, I just knew about blattodea..ds? and hymenopterans. And also Heterocephalids.

(Ok, had to look that last one up.)

Which one is mole rats?

Heterocephalids, obviously.

(ptera means "wing," hence "pterodactyl," so those are all insects. FUN FACTS ABOUT EITHER LATIN OR GREEK.)

But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran

What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan

Right, that's the weird thing. Though I didn't know about eusocial hemipterans, I just knew about blattodea..ds? and hymenopterans. And also Heterocephalids.

(Ok, had to look that last one up.)

Which one is mole rats?

Heterocephalids, obviously.

(ptera means "wing," hence "pterodactyl," so those are all insects. FUN FACTS ABOUT EITHER LATIN OR GREEK.)

Heterocephalid...

Different heads? Two heads? Wat r u doin Rüppell?

life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies

Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.

Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death

Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food

I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan

yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.

the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.

I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.

I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.

I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.

I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.

It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.

Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.

I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.

But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.

This is what we call righteous anger

Me being an asshole or them being an asshole?

Them being an asshole.

You don't smack food out of people's hands unless it will kill them immediately.

They're kinda lucky I went into the Army after that happened.

I have... reactions to that kind of space invasion these days.

yeah when I said they'd pay for it or I'd punch them that wasn't like some "macho" bullshit. I get uncomfortable when more than one person is in my cubicle or one person is in it for more than 10 minutes.

I'm on meds for anxiety. I wouldn't be able to handle something like that well.

Yeah, same.

I did 5 years in, and did a lot of hand-to-hand combat training. It becomes an automatic response and muscle memory, especially when one of the things that happens to you is a stun rod right to the neck.

If someone were to invade my bubble like that this time, especially a 90 lb college girl like the one who did it last time (they were protesting on Mill and shit got out of hand I think), well... fuck...

My switch is... well it's in a store and I need to wait in line for some unknown amount of time.

life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies

Pros:
Even with performance pack suspension stuff it feels smooth and planted on the freeway

It's a turbo'd 4 so rolling along in stop and go so cal traffic is e-z

Paddle shift system not quite as good as the VW DSG system but still good

I am basically babying it the first few hundred miles but just gently pushing the gas to pass a truck got me to 100 very briskly

The turbo coming into play is more perceptible than the smoothness of the GTI turbo -- you feel the turbo grabbing you more hp and torque

I really do like the way it looks in metallic gray with the black wheels and stuff

I like the remote start very much!

It is nice to join the 21st century and put mp3s on a thumb drive and plug that into my radio

Cons:
The speakers are kind of butt. No bass.

Aesthetically it is very very American! The creases in the hood are a little much and I know I am grouchy and old but the radio setup looks like a giant cheap plastic remote control from a cable TV box -- clusters of a million buttons. Radio isn't touch screen so there's all these backlit buttons to navigate everything and I am not in love with cars having a trillion buttons for Audio and a/c and so on. The less junk on the center console the better.

The gauges are backlit white with red accents but the window buttons, steering wheel buttons, and center console buttons are all backlit blue. Why??? I will look up if I can turn off or dim those lights.

Anyway it seems fun to drive and I hope it is reliable. If my biggest complaints are that it needs a more euro interior design sensibility I will live.

Pros:
Even with performance pack suspension stuff it feels smooth and planted on the freeway

It's a turbo'd 4 so rolling along in stop and go so cal traffic is e-z

Paddle shift system not quite as good as the VW DSG system but still good

I am basically babying it the first few hundred miles but just gently pushing the gas to pass a truck got me to 100 very briskly

The turbo coming into play is more perceptible than the smoothness of the GTI turbo -- you feel the turbo grabbing you more hp and torque

I really do like the way it looks in metallic gray with the black wheels and stuff

I like the remote start very much!

It is nice to join the 21st century and put mp3s on a thumb drive and plug that into my radio

Cons:
The speakers are kind of butt. No bass.

Aesthetically it is very very American! The creases in the hood are a little much and I know I am grouchy and old but the radio setup looks like a giant cheap plastic remote control from a cable TV box -- clusters of a million buttons. Radio isn't touch screen so there's all these backlit buttons to navigate everything and I am not in love with cars having a trillion buttons for Audio and a/c and so on. The less junk on the center console the better.

The gauges are backlit white with red accents but the window buttons, steering wheel buttons, and center console buttons are all backlit blue. Why??? I will look up if I can turn off or dim those lights.

Anyway it seems fun to drive and I hope it is reliable. If my biggest complaints are that it needs a more euro interior design sensibility I will live.